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guardian.co.tt Sunday, November 20, 2016
sports
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Hope cracks
hundred
BULAWAYO—Shai Hope’s maiden one-
day hundred (101) proved in vain as
West Indies amazingly squandered an
ideal opportunity for a second straight
win in the Tri-Nations Series by play-
ing to a nerve-jangling tie with Zim-
babwe yesterday.
Playing his second ODI, Hope mar-
shalled West Indies’ chase along with
Kraigg Brathwaite, the pair putting on
162 for the third wicket and reached his
ton with a whip through midwicket off
the second ball of the 45th over. But two
deliveries later a wild swipe resulted in an
edge through to the wicketkeeper, opening
a window for Zimbabwe to claw their way
back into the game.
“Getting the hundred was a good feel-
ing, but it would be even better with a
win,” Hope said. “That’s the main thing.
It’s about winning games. So the hundred
doesn’t really mean much right now be-
cause we didn’t win.”
Hope, who also kept wicket today, was
at the crease as early as the 12th over in
West Indies’ chase after Johnson Charles
and Evin Lewis fell in the teens. “It’s a bit
tough keeping wicket and batting up the
order, especially if the team loses quick
wickets at the beginning,” Hope said.
“But it’s about transferring the effort of
your wicketkeeping into your batting and
keeping your team on top of things.”
After a period of consolidation, during
which both batsmen survived confident
appeals at the hands of Zimbabwe’s spin-
ners, Hope broke the shackles with 10 runs
from consecutive long hops in the 20th
over. Thereafter, he was soon outscoring
Brathwaite, and rode his luck as West In-
dies sought to press home their advantage.
In the 32nd over, he was caught by Donald
Tiripano at long-on but the fielder stepped
on the boundary rope while completing
the catch. Three overs later, he slapped a
full toss straight to Sikandar Raza but the
chance was dropped. In the 39th over, a
top-edged slog once again evaded Raza,
running towards long-off from cover.
Those errors aside, Hope and Brath-
waite appeared to be in control, with the
latter focusing his efforts on turning the
strike over to his more aggressive partner.
“We were trying to put the bad balls away,
capitalising on those ones and rotating the
strike,” Hope said. “We wanted to take it as
deep as possible and finish off the game,
but it was unfortunate we couldn’t get that
done today.”
West Indies were 220 for 3 when Hope
fell, and still appeared to be on course in
their chase. Yet five more wickets fell in
the next five overs, and with three need-
ed from five balls in the last over, Carlos
Brathwaite swatted a Tiripano legcutter to
Sean Williams at long-on to set in motion
Zimbabwe’s unlikely comeback.
“There’s always nerves, especially in
games like this. But I must say it was a bit
disappointing not to cross the line. That’s
the game of cricket. Sometimes it can go
both ways. On another day, that ball Carlos
hit would have gone for six. Today he lost
his wicket. It’s just about being more aware.
It didn’t happen for us today.”
West Indies take on Sri Lanka in their
game next Wednesday at the same venue.
(CRICINFO)
Seamer Carlos
Brathwaite, second
from right,
celebrates another
wicket during his
four-wicket haul
against Zimbabwe.
PHOTO COURTESY
WICB MEDIA
Zimbabwe vs West Indies – 3rd game
ZIMBABWE
B Chari c Holder b C Brathwaite
15
C Chibhabha run out
25
C Ervine c Powell b Gabriel
92
Sikandar Raza c K Brathwaite b C Brathwaite 77
S Williams lbw b Nurse
2
E Chigumbura c wkp Hope b Holder
8
P Moor c Powell b Holder
6
A Cremer c Gabriel b C Brathwaite
8
D Tiripano b Gabriel
14
T Chisoro not out
0
C Mpofu b C Brathwaite
2
Extras (w8)
8
TOTAL (all out, 50 overs)
257
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Chibhabha, 11.1 overs), 2-46
(Chari, 13.1), 3-190 (Sikandar Raza, 38.4), 4-197 (Wil-
liams, 39.5), 5-218 (Chigumbura, 43.4), 6-228 (Moor,
45.5), 7-233 (Ervine, 46.2), 8-255 (Tiripano, 49), 9-255
(Cremer, 49.3), 10-257 (Mpofu, 50)
Bowling: Gabriel 10-0-45-2 (w4), Holder 10-0 -47-2
(w1), Benn 8-0-45-0 (w1), C Brathwaite 10-0-48-4,
Nurse 10-0-55-1, Carter 2-0-17-0.
WEST INDIES
J Charles lbw b Tiripano
19
K Brathwaite c Ervine b Williams
78
E Lewis c Chibhabha b Cremer
18
S Hope c wkp Moor b Mpofu
101
R Powell b Williams
17
C Brathwaite c Williams b Tiripano
9
J Holder not out
4
A Nurse run out
0
J Carter run out
1
Extras (b1, lb3, w5, nb1)
10
TOTAL (8 wkts, 50 overs)
257
Did not bat: S Benn, S Gabriel
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Charles, 7.3 overs), 2-58 (Lewis,
11.1), 3-220 (Hope, 44.4), 4-234 (K Brathwaite, 47.1),
5-242 (Powell, 47.4), 6-255 (C Brathwaite, 49.2), 7-255
(Nurse, 49.3), 8-257 (Carter, 50)
Bowling: Mpofu 10-0 -64-1 (w2), Tiripano 6-0-26-2
(w1), Chisoro 10-1 -42-0, Cremer 10-0-44-1, Williams
10-0 -52-2 (nb1), Sikandar Raza 4-0-25-0.
Result: Match tied.
Points: Zimbabwe 2, West Indies 2.
Man-of-the-Match: Shai Hope.
Umpires: C Shamshuddin, R Tiffin; TV – M Gough.
(CMC)
SCOREBOARD
...but Windies fail to get full points